Key information
- Address:
- Tarraville Road, Port Albert 3971
- Opened:
- 3 December 1861
- Closed:
- 31 December 1994
- School type:
- Primary
- School number:
- 490
- Other names:
- Port Albert Common School, Port Albert State School
How to find enrolment and other school records
If the school is open: contact the school directly to access records.
If the school has closed: contact the Archives and Records branch via email archives.records@education.vic.gov.au or 1800 359 140 and they will assist you.
The history of Port Albert Primary School
1861
Port Albert opened as a national school in 1861.
Classes were held in the Immigration Barracks. The Immigration Barracks was where people moving to Australia from other countries stayed when they first arrived by ship.
The school replaced the Church of England School which had closed in 1856. This school had closed when the head teacher, Annie Radley Smith, died.
1862
The school became Port Albert Common School in 1862.
1873
The school became Port Albert State School in 1873.
1970
The school was renamed Port Albert Primary School in 1970.
1994
Port Albert Primary School closed in 1994 when it combined with Yarram Primary School (No. 693).
Find more information about this school
The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is the archive of Victoria's State and local government. They look after some of our oldest school records, and we can use these records to help us understand what school life used to be like.
PROV currently only have paper records for this school.
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